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Cowboys using Palm Pilots? Just imagine Roy Rogers or the Lone Ranger riding through the great plains with a revolver in one hand and a Palm Pilot in the other. However, the reality of being a modern day Cowboy is a lot different than what we see on TV or in the movies.



"Only an authentic cowboy could live by himself for weeks at a time on a rocky and remote patch of ground in Idaho's central Owyhee County, a stretch of the interior West where cattle outnumber people by an untold margin. Today's art of cowboying is the same as it was 150 years ago, when cowboys in the Spanish vaquero tradition roamed mountain ranges and low-slung plains.



But in some ways, today's cowboy is as high-tech as he is high plains. Global positioning units tell cowboys where they are. Handheld computers allow them to accurately record range conditions. Biomedical research allows them to vaccinate calves for up to 15 diseases at a time." [Via SEATTLE TIMES]



The MethodShop Spin: What's next for the modern day Cowboy? Force-field fences and cattle tractor-beams?